Power has been restored to thousands of households served by Pacific Power who lost electricity this morning in Northeast Portland.

The outages affected 6,770 customers in the Hollywood area, said Jan Mitchell, spokeswoman for the company.

She said a squirrel that got into the Hollywood substation caused the cut. Power was restored soon after 8 a.m.

Outages also hit about 1,900 Portland General Electric customers this morning in Southeast Portland. Spokesman Stan Sittser said electricity was out between 5:30 a.m. and 6:36 a.m. The company did not know what caused the power cut.

Overnight, between 12:45 a.m. and 6 a.m., another 500 PGE customers in the Sandy area had no electricity because a pole was cut down. It has since been replaced.

To report a Pacific Power cut, call 877-548-3768 (877-LITES-OUT). PGE customers can report outages at 503-464-7777 in Portland and 503-399-7717 in Salem.